Electric bike crash in West Lampeter leaves rider critically injured
Rider taken to Penn Medicine Lancaster General with life‑threatening injuries; Lancaster County Major Crash Investigation Team assisted and witnesses sought.
On Friday 14 August 2026 at 12:10pm, West Lampeter Township Police responded to a crash near Long Lane (Rt 741) and Willow Street Pike South (Rt 272) after a Lancaster man in his early 20s on an electric bike attempted to cross Rt. 272 South and was struck by a southbound vehicle in the southbound lane. The rider was transported to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital with life‑threatening injuries; Rt. 272 South was closed for approximately three hours while the Lancaster County Major Crash Investigation Team assisted with the probe. The investigation is ongoing, no charges have been filed against either operator at this time, and Officer McLaughlin (assisted by Lt. Heinly) asks witnesses to contact West Lampeter Township Police; volunteer fire police from Willow Street, West Willow, New Danville, Lancaster Township and Bird‑in‑Hand assisted at the scene.